Patent attributes
Aerosols are applied to an absorbing member by forming a stable and uniform electric field between a nozzle plate and the absorbing member. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head that has a conductive nozzle plate and discharges liquid from openings of the nozzle plate during reciprocating above recording material; a recording material side electrode that is arranged farther than the recording material opposite the nozzle plate in a direction in which the liquid is discharged; a potential difference generating means that generates a potential difference between the nozzle plate and the recording material side electrode to electrically attract the liquid discharged from the openings of the nozzle plate toward the recording material side electrode; and a nozzle plate side electrode that is arranged in a direction of reciprocation of the nozzle plate and has a potential difference of the same direction as that of the potential difference between the nozzle plate and the recording material side electrode.
